Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1920 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY COUN. TY AGENT LEAKING. Farmer Help to Be Scarcer than Ever. . There is every indication that farm help is going to be harder to secure this coming spring than ever before. Prevailing wages will he I higher according to the best • indir ’ oations and high class men will be scarce. As usual this office will do what it can to secure help for farmers but requests -that all who are likely to need help make their wants known as soon as possible. Farmers who- can change their plans so as to use men from now on until the crop season opens up have much better chance of securing men than those who wiy wait for spring to came. Ais . usual when the demand exceeds the supply the tonn1 is the one will make the beet I shortage has its ■ com- । pensations to the fanner as it Insures high prices for the products that are raised, which means higher labor income for the farm operator and members of his family. The situation calls for the . use .of ~we muc ?V t l a b° r saving machinery as possible as well as efficient employment of all members of the family.

3oy Bean Demand Good. Farmers of the county who have soy bean seed for sale will do well to announce the fact through advertisements in the various county P a Pera. Due to the demonstrations conducted last year by the antogy soils committee the practice Xf planting soy bean seed with the corn is going to be general next season, many farmers stating that they will plant soy beans with all T r corn an d others that they will plant smaller acreages for hogging off. B _ As usual, ■ the county agent’s office will supply innoculating material to those who request it. n-ra How to Get • Stand of Clover. Dne to the high price of clover seed there is an unusual interest at this time in the best methods of securing stands of clover on the vanpus types of soil found inJae.per county,.’ Practically aH of W soils require residual manure as a fertilizer for clover. If the corn crop of 1919 had a heavy application of manure, this land will furnish the best soil condition for the clover. The black loam soils of the southern part of the county and the low, black lands of the central part of the county do not as a rule need lime for the clover crop but this is an essential on the black sandy and light sandy soils. The application of 100 to 125 pounds of acid phosphate per acre will materially increase the changes of securing a stand. Seeding with barley instead of oats will be found more satisfactory, deeding late hi the season, when oats sewing is well advanced, will help to insure.a crop. If these precautions are taken, much of the land in Jasper county will produce a crop of clov-

Farm Racord Booin Available. Farm Record books, for keapiw cost of production records and meeting the requirements of the Income Tax laws may be secured this year through the Department of Farm Management at Lafayette. Heretofore the books have been distributed free with the unitor standing that theyshould be returned to the department at the end of the year. This year, they are sold outright for 15 cents.